FORSH, OLGA — Palace and Prison
Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1955. Hard Cover, 8 x 5.25 inches. Signed JC Dumbreck on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked embossed boards and minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with very small tear to lower rear corner and slightly dusty rear. 261pp. A Russian novel with tight interweaving of actual historical characters with other fictional ones and originally written in 1923 soon after the Russian revolution. Undated ca 1950s. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works. Very Good (+)/Very Good.
